I really enjoyed reading your post I am very unaware of a lot of policy that are currently taking place in schools because I don’t have children. General my information is what I see on television or hear from friends. I did know for decades that if a student doesn’t keep a certain GPA that they are not allow to play sports. I wasn’t at familiar with the concept and policy of the University Interscholastic League. Where students are not allowed or banned for a period of time from any extra activities or competitions for 15 class days. In my opinion regardless if the children are failing or not I don’t think banning students is the key for grades. First we must understand that learning problem may not always be the students fault in all
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The overall culture and importance that American society places on college sports is susceptible to debate and criticism. Are we spending too much time and money on college football? Well that’s for you to decide, “Get football out of our universities” by Steven Salzberg expresses his concern that we are emphasizing too much on football and not enough on education. He makes his argument that America would be much smarter if only we would eliminate college football all together; he feels college football is driving academia to its death. Steven is effective in persuading his readers by utilizing rhetorical strategies and he provides his readers with facts and solutions. While reading Stevens article, you will see rhetoric used throughout his essay; he intends to open the reader’s eyes to the epidemic that football is having on our colleges and universities and provides viable solutions.
In this critical analysis I will review the failures of negotiation for a contract renewal between TexasAgs Oil Company and Cousins Corporation. The key failures identified were: planning the negotiation, identifying BATNA, role
After reading " The Case Against High School Sports" by Amanda Ripley started to make me think. There were many strong points about how the priorities of the sports are beginning to be more important to students than their education. Another great point was that the financing and budgeting is unfairly distributed throughout school districts and is spent more on athletics and clubs and not enough on classes. And I Believe that schools should put certain restrictions on the spending and promoting or in school sports and clubs because of the major drop in national and world comparisons.
Two things that went well for me during this project were that I learned a lot more about March Madness and brackets during this project. I also met new people in my group and my new friends. Two things that went well for my group was that we all worked together really well and even though we did not win the championship we tried really hard. For my group, I helped wherever I was needed. I helped research our criteria and pick teams, I helped draw our bracket, and also helped write our reasonings for the winners of each round. I also helped present and argue for our team during presentations. Two things that did not go well for me during this project were that I didn’t know how a bracket worked and what teams played who. I also was confused towards the beginning of the project. Two things that did not go well for my group were that we did not make it to the final two and we did not win the national championship.
What originally set out to be a policy deemed to create a safer environment in our schools has communities now taking part in what many ...
One option is something Premont High school employed: cutting sports out of schools altogether. This option worked well for Premont; it saved them money, improved academics, and helped decrease behavior issues (5-8). The only foreseeable issue, other than community disapproval, would be the fact that the school would have to cut all other extra-curricular activities. The more moderate, and possibly sensible, solution would be to greatly downsize the budget allotted for high-school sports. The greatest amount of funding would go to academics, and all extra-curricular activities and organizations would receive the same amount of funding. No matter what solution schools employ there will be pushback from the community, but a solution is necessary. Academics are a nonnegotiable factor of schools, and as a society, we seem to want to overlook this. Education shapes the future of America and the world; it’s unlikely that football will be enough to help us mold the world into a better
Some of these students are star athletes and recreation becomes the primary factor in their lives. It has been set into their minds when they were young by their parents and piers. Early in their lives the child is taught the importance of being the best and nothing else matters. The school system now comes to realize how important this athlete has become to the school team and grades are given to keep the student on the team, and problems are just pushed aside.
Others who have followed in their footsteps are multiple districts in Virginia, Florida, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, and most recently a New Hampshire school district has banned the game of dodgeball over concerns about the violence and bullying that seemed to follow this sport. In a four to one decision, the five-member school board panel voted to ban the classic gym game which has been a rite of passage for years for kids not to mention a whole lot of fun for everyone The one person who voted against the ban had this to say "We have rules to deal with bullying, we don't need to ban games such as dodgeball just to enforce those rules." If the goal of these schools is to get rid of violence in sports entirely why would they not ban football (Middleton)? Compared to Dodgeball, which sport causes more injuries, such as concussions and knee injuries? That answer would be Football so why are schools not jumping on the matter of banning football. That’s because football is a gateway sport to an all paid trip to
Texas was the first state to pass the No Pass/ No Play Law. In Texas if you don’t pass a class you cannot play for 3 weeks. In Hartford County Public Schools students can fail up to 6 classes in 4 years of high school and still get a Maryland diploma. Students beginning in their second year of high school, must earn 5 credits which count during state high school graduation requirements. In the beginning of their third year, they must earn 10 credits or 5 credits during the 12 month proceeding the first day of the current school year. Last year the University of North Carolina’s athletic department was charged for giving students a “GPA Booster” classes to keep students playing. The University of North Carolina used that strategy to keep students from failing which causes them to be ineligible to play sports. At Syracuse University, they did not control nor monitor its athletics department. Also in Georgia, a coach made arrangements for a student to enroll in an independent study course just to keep playing. At Rutgers, the head football coach was suspended from the university for three weeks due and fined for $50,000 for violating their policy. The coach contracted a faculty about the academic standing
For decades there has been a debate on student athletes and their drive to succeed in the classroom. From the very beginning of organized college level athletics, the goal to want to succeed in athletics has forced students to put academics to the back burner. In spite of the goal to want to succeed over a hundred years of attempts to check limits of intercollegiate athletic programs on colleges' academic standards still seems to struggle to this day. This brings to surface one of the most asked questions in sports, “What effect does college sports have on academics and economics?” Herbert D. Simons, Derek Van Rheenen, and Martin V. Covington, authors of “Academic Motivation and the Student Athlete” researched the topic on whether athletics and academics benefit each other. Bryan Flynn, the author of “College Sports vs. Academics” poses the question “Should institutions of higher learning continue to involve themselves in athletic programs that often turn out to be virtual arms races for recruiting talented players who bring big money and prestige, but put academics to the back burner?” Although both authors agree that sports have an impact on an athlete’s academics, the focus of their argument differs.
In conclusion, the initial intentions of the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) were to close the achievement gap between low achieving students and schools and their counterparts; but have fallen short in many important aspects along the way. Teachers have become de-sensitized to the reasons they initially desired to be educators and have lost their vision of how to implement instruction due to standards of NCLB and the consequences for not meeting those mandated goals. Likewise, students must perform, many times, above their level in order to be labeled “adequate” by the federal government and their schools. In some cases, there is a disproportionate burden placed on schools, teachers, and students, all for the sake of what is federally deemed as average achievement.
3). Is this really a good idea? Why was this rule placed for us in the first place? Just because you change the rules on the mandatory attendance policy does not necessarily mean that all of the students that are “unteachable” will drop out. What is really “unteachable”? How can one determined who wants to learn in elementary school when you really don’t have the mindset at the age of 10 to say that you want to go to school because who wants to at that age anyway. If this was even an option and it was no longer a mandatory attendance honestly no one will go to school. Who wouldn’t want to have recess all day every day? Then again how would that affect our future because everyone can’t work at
Along with educators, parents were also expected to join the fight for enhancement in their child’s performance (Rogers, 2006). The theory behind the failing schools was that the parents were just as much to blame for their child’s poor performance as the school was (Rogers, 2006). While this was a good idea in theory, in practice it did not do what it intended. An example of this is a parent who championed the law in 2002, stated that the law gave “false hope” in its attempt to help the failing inner city schools of Los Angeles (Roger 2006). This had a tremendous effect on all students, and those with disabilities suffered the most due to the problems created by No Child Left Behind. While the idea behind holding schools to a high standard had good intentions, it failed to recognize that not all student are capable of scoring high on standardized tests due to neurological
So, why are their restricted rules of playing sports? It could be that the coaches are being lazy and just don’t want to do paperwork! Some of the bad gets may turn good in future and some of good kids may quit their sport that their playing. American youth sports are far too often focused on talent selection, and not talent